Be Aware of the Potential Risks Related to the Commercial Usage of Chinese Fonts
Many companies tend to use distinctive fonts to attract consumers’ attention in promotion. However, if any company has made a wrong choice, such distinctive fonts might attract the attention of the font or font bank owner/developer, which might trigger a copyright infringement dispute. The reason for such dispute is that the font or font bank might be considered as the work stipulated in the “Copyright Law” in the judicial practice, if any company uses such font without authorization, it shall have infringed the owner/developer’s copyright. Then, when a font or font bank could be considered as the work stipulated in…